Montana BlankNevada City, MontanaJuly 30-31, 2007. We are staying in Cameron RV-Park & Store in Cameron, Montana. Cameron is a STORE located 10-miles south of Ennis in the Madison Valley. The Cameron RV-Park is about 12 sites located behind the Store & Saloon (the social gathering place for miles around). The PPA campground is nothing fancy but for the PPA price of $12.50 for FHU it is just fine. The view over the Madison Valley and mountains surrounding Virginia City is worth the $12.50. For those of you that are not familiar with PPA (Pass Port America) it is an organization you can join for less than $50 per-year. Campgrounds that belong to PPA offer 1/2 price discounts. That kind of savings can quickly add up. While participating PPA parks generally have some restrictions on dates the PPA offer is valid, or possibly days of the week the discount is valid, or perhaps the number of days that the PPA discount will be honored the discount is genuine. Many times PPA campgrounds are new campgrounds that need help in getting established. Other times PPA campgrounds may be on the outskirts of town instead of in the "prime" location thus they need to provide an incentive for campers to stay with them. Whatever the reason PPA campgrounds generally provide a much cheaper option. PPA is the only campground organization that I think is worth the cost. PPA does not have a gimic. What you see is what you get. Once you join they send you a directory listing all participating campgrounds. The PPA directory is the FIRST directory we check when trying to locate a place to spend the night. You can join PPA by calling 228-452-9972. If you decide to join PPA, it would be nice if you gave them my number "R-0156251" as the PPA member that told you about PPA. In return PPA will give me $10 cred toward next years membership. I will thank you in advance for that kindness. Thank you.
Nevada CityWhen you head west out of Virginia City, along Alder Gulch, the next community down the way is Nevada City. It is a city that is being preserved.
Old buildings being preserved in Navada City, Montana
Nevada City has many old historical buildings that have been preserved and more that are being restored & preserved.
Nevada City, Montana
Preserved buildings on main street in Nevada City.
Nine booming gold camps sprawled along the 14-miles of Alder Gulch in 1863. Nevada City and Virginia City were the largest and along with Alder are the only ones remaining. In Nevada City dozens of stores and cabins extended back six blocks in the 1860s, but by 1876 only a few residents remained in Nevada City. Later gold dredges came through leaving piles of tailings as big as barns and by 1920, the highway had cut the town in half. By 1955, the only residents were a man and his wife.
Nevada City, Montana on Main Street
More preserved buildings in Nevada City.
Music Hall Nevada City, Montana
Another preserved building on Main Street" in Nevada City.
Old buildings being preserved in Navada City, Montana
Nevada City house.
Old buildings being preserved in Navada City, Montana
Grand old building in Nevada City with evidence of some preservation
This is the finest building we saw in Nevada City. I wonder what its role was in the old Nevada City. Old gold dredge on display in Alder Gulch at Nevada City
On the eastern side of Nevada City there is an old gold dredge on display.
At one time there were 5-dredges working the stream running through Alder Gulch. These dredges removed between 150 to 200 million dollars in gold. The gold dredges operated from 1899 to about 1920. Alder Gulch at peak population numbered ten thousand souls and was known as the Fourteen-mile City. Adobetown was one of the many settlements that lined the gulch. Centrally located a mile west of Nevada City, it took its name from the dwellings miners built of adobe bricks they fashioned from mud and grass. This small settlement lay in one of the richest sections of the gulch. In 1864 alone, it was a hub of activity that reportedly yielded $350,000 in gold. In its heyday the area around Adobetown and Nevada City supported some 75 to 100 placer claims that each employed 5 to 12 men. Salaries ranged from $5 to $8 per-day. We could not detect any remains of those adobe buildings and we looked. I wonder what happened to them. Site of Trial & Hanging of George Ives
We spotted this sign in Nevada City. Until seeing this sign neither of us had ever heard of George Ives. However, George was the catalyst for the Vigilante movement that became the "LAW" in Alder Gulch.
Ives was tried and convicted of robbing and killing the popular young Nicholas Tbalt. The trial took place outdoors in December in 1863. Note that 1863 is smack in the middle of the Civil War and is before this area was even a Territory. It was a time before government and law and order arrived in the "frontier" and Alder Gulch was indeed the frontier in 1863. Now, for the story of George Ives you will need to click here: The story of George Ives and the Vigilante Movement in Alder Gulch.
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